Two days later, Chai Baochen went to work in the yamen. He walked into www.biquge.info the inner office, looked at the court, and repainted it everywhere, looking new. From the last time he ambushed his uncle and thief at night to the present, Chai Baochen can be said to have walked into the court for the second time. As soon as Lord Chen saw Chai Baochen coming, he immediately got up to greet him, took Chai Baochen's hand and walked into the back hall to speak. Chai Baochen's hand has been held by Lord Chen like this, a man holding his own hand, so intimate, he is really not used to it.

After entering the inner hall, Lord Chen sat down, looked at Chai Baochen, and said, "Oh, don't be restrained, sit down." Chai Baochen sat sideways on the side of the chair. Master Chen took a sip of tea, muttered in his mouth, swallowed his stomach, and said, "Virtuous nephew, I have good news for you!" ”

"Huh? What's the good news? "Recently, Chai Baochen has been worried about emotional matters, what good news will come? He looked at Master Chen.

"That's right, the other day, we exterminated the bandits. Although the uncle thief is alive, he is seriously injured, and it is estimated that he will not live long. There are still eleven of the remaining bandits alive, and I have been trying the old cases for several days, sorting out the crimes committed by these bandits in the past, and submitting these official documents to Lord Wang Huan, the commander of the Taiyuan Prefecture. What I want to say is this Lord Wang, who is in charge of the military affairs of the entire Taiyuan Mansion, and has been appreciated by Yang Rong, a scholar of the Jinshen Palace, for his meritorious service in the Northern Tartars, and can be said to have real power. He can directly play to Yang Rong, and Yang Rong is a minister who is very trusted by the current saint and the queen mother, and Wang Zhen does not dare to make a mistake in front of Yang Rong. After reading the official's report, Lord Wang replied with a letter, saying that he admired you very much, and that he would come to our territory in two days to inspect you, and that he would summon you by name. Therefore, you must be prepared not to show timidity when you meet Lord Wang when the time comes. ”

When Chai Baochen heard this, he felt very nervous, he was a small official, and he was summoned by the commander of the military region, and he didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. He is very familiar with the history of the Ming Dynasty and knows that he commands the envoys to be in charge of military power, and he has high power, and this kind of person is often trusted by the imperial court because of his military merits. But his own people are soft-spoken, what can he do when he sees this Lord Wang? He is a showman, and he will take the road of the imperial examination in the future, and he will definitely not join the army. His heart was filled with worries about his future.

When he returned home, Chai Baochen told Yun Lin and the others about Lord Wang's summoning of him. Wei Su first comforted: "You have merit, this Shangguan summoned you, it must be beneficial to you." Don't worry, just go and see you. Whatever he asks, you just pick it up and say it. ”

When Liu Wan'er heard Wei Su say this, she felt very reasonable, nodded her head, and also persuaded: "Brother Baochen, you must be confident, don't forget 'Tianxingjian, a gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement'." ”

When Chai Baochen heard Liu Wan'er's words, he thought of the dangerous things he had experienced and escaped death, and he was very emotional, and said: "Don't worry, he won't eat me again." ”

Yun Lin kept frowning, and then said, "Don't be careless. This may be your chance to step into the profession. The commander of the envoy has the power to appoint temporary officials, and if he can entrust you with important tasks, it can be said that the future is immeasurable, and if you can be admitted to the township examination, then you will be even more prosperous in the future. You know, there are people in officialdom who are good for promotion. You have to speak to his heart. ”

Chai Baochen listened attentively, nodded, and said, "The disciple has written it down." ”

Two days later, the Taiyuan Prefecture commanded the envoy Si Wang Huan to patrol Taishan County, and the officials of the border went to meet outside the city gate, and Chai Baochen was not suitable to go out of the city because he wanted to meet with Lord Wang, so he just waited in the county office, so as not to leave a bad impression on Shangguan after being overworked, and according to the custom, there was no need for him to go out of the city to greet him. I saw two large tables at the gate of the city, on which were placed several sea bowls, and a cart of fine wine was placed beside the table. Lord Chen had already heard that Lord Wang liked to drink, so he didn't bring any other gifts, but just offered fine wine.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, I saw dust flying in the distance, and Lord Wang was riding a high-headed horse under the fierce banner, followed by more than a dozen people, and they were galloping on the road. It seemed that they had been on the road for a day, and they arrived in Taishan County at dusk. As soon as he arrived outside the city gate, Lord Wang grabbed the reins and clamped the horse's belly, and Herod screamed and stopped in front of the welcoming procession. Lord Chen and several other officials stood up to greet him, bowed to Lord Wang, and Lord Wang dismounted and returned the salute and said, "Thank you, you are all colleagues, you don't need to be so polite." Master Chen, have you been waiting here for a day? ”

When Lord Chen heard this, Lord Wang's question seemed to be concerned about his people, so he said: "Lord Hui, we have been waiting for you all day, but we are not tired, and we are even more energetic after seeing you." ”

"Hmph, you've been standing here all day, who will handle the business? In case Uncle and the others escape from the cell, who will stop them? Lord Wang didn't say something about the tiring scene of caring for them waiting to greet them as Lord Chen imagined, but counted them down. This made Lord Chen very embarrassed.

And Lord Chen didn't put his displeasure on his face, he smiled and said: "There are still people in the yamen, Chai Baochen is in the county yamen at the moment." In fact, there are only two people left in the county government, Chai Baochen and Menzi, and what Lord Chen said just now not only created an illusion for Lord Wang, but also made him mistakenly think that there were still many people left in the county government, and broke the embarrassing atmosphere.

However, he scolded Lord Wang several times in his heart: "Toast and don't eat and drink", or "The dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the hearts of good people", as long as Lord Chen can remember it at this time, he will scold it in his heart.

When Lord Wang saw the wine on the table, he couldn't help but feel very thirsty, so he went straight to the car with the wine jar, and casually held up a wine jar and held it in his arms. When Lord Chen and the other officials saw it, they were all surprised, and thought to themselves: He is really not polite, and he will pick up the wine jar himself without anyone to greet him. His reputation for being an alcoholic is well deserved. I don't know how he will pour the wine and toast it next.

Just when Lord Chen and the others thought that Lord Wang was anti-guest and would pour wine for the officials who greeted him one by one, they saw Lord Wang lift the wine jar, tear off the sealing paper covering the mouth of the tank, and drink it with his mouth on the edge of the tank. This stunned the people present. Lord Wang's temper is really strange, he doesn't like everyone to go out of the city to greet him, but he drinks the dust washing wine, and he doesn't use a bowl, he just hugs the wine jar, it seems that he is a very neat, straightforward and bold person. Master Chen thought in his heart: With your character, it is a miracle in itself that you can become such a big official. I don't know how many people you usually offend? Something big happens, see who will protect you!

Mr. Wang lifted the wine jar, and as the wine entered his stomach, the mouth of the cylinder was facing down little by little, and finally the mouth of the jar was completely facing down, and Mr. Wang shook the wine jar again, licking the last drop of wine, as if he was still unsatisfied, and he had not enjoyed it. But he arched his hand to Master Chen and said, "Okay, quench your thirst!" Thanks a lot! He put the jar back in the car.

When Lord Chen heard Lord Wang say "Okay", he immediately smiled and said, "Lord Wang, don't be polite, this cart of wine is prepared for you, if you don't dislike it, take it away." ”

"No need, it's etiquette to have a drink, it's a bribe to collect a car, let's go, let's go to the county office." Lord Wang turned over and got on the horse.

When Mr. Chen heard the word "bribery", his face sank, but then he returned to normal. Since Lord Wang said that he wanted to go back to the county office, he hurriedly got into the sedan chair, urged him to get up the sedan chair, led the way in front, and went to the county office with Lord Wang. But along the way, Mr. Chen was thinking about Mr. Wang's sentence just now, "A drink is a courtesy, and receiving a car is a bribe", and he couldn't figure out what it meant. Lord Wang is a military general, and he is addicted to alcohol, this kind of person is not addicted to drinking with a cup. I obviously put a bowl on the table, where is the cup? Where does the saying "have a drink" come from? And that cart of wine was originally drunk by everyone, but Lord Wang drank it alone, and no one else could drink it, so how could it be a bribe?

In this way, when he walked quickly to the county office, Lord Chen came back to what he had just said, and it turned out that what Lord Wang said about "drinking a cup" was actually drinking an altar, and he said that the "altar" was a cup, but this cup was also bigger. Thinking of this, Master Chen shook his head.